War of the Buttons (2011)
Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.
- Released
- 2011-09-21
- Genres
- Adventure, Family
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Christophe Barratier
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 480 votes
Cast
- Jean Texier as Lebrac
- Clément Godefroy as Petit Bibus
- Théophile Baquet as Grand Gibus
- Louis Dussol as Bacaillé, mayor's kid
- Harold Werner as La Crique, smart kid
- Nathan Parent as Camus
- Ilona Bachelier as Violette
- Thomas Goldberg as L'Aztec
- Laetitia Casta as Simone
- Guillaume Canet as L'instituteur
- Kad Merad as Père Lebrac
- Gérard Jugnot as Père l'Aztec
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